Engagements are a great time to get to know a couple before the wedding. It allows a friendship to start to build so that when the wedding day comes around, things will be that much smoother. I met Makayla and Kevin in Hot Springs and this was my first real interaction with them.
Kevin won me instantly. He ran off at the beginning to go to the bathroom, so I was talking to Makayla and she told me about his Italian family. When he was walking up I made a joke and his first thing to ever say to me was a shot right back at me. That let me know we would get a long really well.
We started at Gulpha Gorge campground. None of us had been to this park, so we really didn’t know where anything was. We just started walking and exploring. It was a mixture of camp site and nature. We had to avoid all the RVs but luckily there were plenty of beautiful spots.
One area that Makalya really wanted was this bridge with water. Of course, that meant there were people all over the place hanging out. Good thing I can make people magically disappear with photoshop! After that, we hit one more spot down by the creek before heading down to Bathhouse Row.
Holy cow this placed was packed, but I’m guessing that is normal for the place. It’s basically a small street that has businesses on both sides. It’s like a lot of older downtown places. At this point, it was blazing hot and Kevin was about to die, so we moved pretty quickly. We did a few photos in front of the bath houses and then over to the fountain where he proposed.
Even though I was a sweaty mess at the end, I had so much fun with these two. Like always, I asked a bunch of questions, talked about movies, and laughed a lot. I can’t wait for their wedding!